NEW ZEALAND RECRUITS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23994, 18 June 1941, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND RECRUITS

ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND TAHITIANS INCLUDED LONDON, June 17 | A party ol Taliitians, including one i officer and 2!) men ol tho Navy air base ! personnel lot" service with General do! Gaulle's forces, were among a con- I tingent that arrived recently from New ' Zealand. Of the l-'i!) New Zealanders, ! nine are ineinhers of the New Zealand | Royal Naval Reserve, loaned to the i Royal Navy, 61 are for the Fleet Air j Arm, and the remainder are seamen and coo Its. Mr. \V. .1. Jordan, High Conunis- ! sioner for New Zealand, greeted the j contingent. j ROBIN MOOR SURVIVORS j ARRIVAL AT CAPETOWN LON DON', .time 17 ! Seven passengers and 28 members of! the crew ol the American freighter Robin Moor, inclnding C aptain 10. W. ! Meyers, reached Capetown yesterday. ! The chief olficor said that on May 21 bis attention was attracted by a blinker demanding who they were. The submarine was informed, and then they were ordered to put oil a boat with the ship's papers. Having ascertained what cargo was on board, the submarine commander said the Robin Moor was carrying supplies for bis country's enemies and would be sunk. The Robin Moor went down in 17 minutes after being heavily shelled. The survivors spent l'S days in three lifeboats. Captain Meyers said lie had n:i faith in the submarine commander's promise to send rescue ships, therefore he advised the lifeboats to leave the scene of the sinking. The chief officer, Mr. Mnminy, was given German marked bandages from the submarine. American officials state that those rescued confirmed iliat the .submarine was German. None was seriously injured. BASIS OF VICTORY SUPERIORITY IN THE AIR (Ri'nl. 7.15 p.m.) NEW YORK, Juno 17 "This is mainly a war of aeroplanes, a factor which is contrary to the current obstinate, blind routine to which military leaders have clung until too late," declared Dr. Paul Van Zeeland. former Prime Minister of Belgium, in a speech. He added: "Without, the help of the United States, .Kngland is beaten, but with the required American industrial effort Britain will be victorious. Superiority in tho air means complete superiority. Victory belongs to the Power able to produce the best and tho largest number of machines."